BILL REQ. #:  H-3859.2 

Read first time 01/26/12.   Referred to Committee on Environment.

     AN ACT Relating to updating the state environmental policy act checklist; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The department of ecology must, by December 31, 2012, amend WAC 197-11-960, as it existed on the effective date of this section, to add the following to the checklist:
     (a) Potential downstream or down-gradient impacts to waters or waterways, including, but not limited to, flooding, erosion, sedimentation, habitat loss or impacts, and increased burdens on downstream jurisdictions from a project or proposal;
     (b) Potential adverse impacts to the ability of local transit agencies to meet relevant transit service standards and whether mitigation measures may alleviate or restore transit service to meet these standards; and
     (c) Potential adverse impacts to the ability of school districts to meet capacity standards or plans developed by school districts for kindergarten through grade twelve public schools, and whether mitigation measures may alleviate or restore transit service to meet these standards.
     (2) This section expires July 31, 2013.